Pacific Grove, CA Elder Abuse Alert : Beware Of Online Dating

A stack of gold color coins and dollars on the table

There are a plethora of elder abuse scams out there, and one recently discovered by AARP was first initiated when a woman joined an online dating site.  After some weeks of chatting, he touted his success at day-trading and convinced her to invest $70,000 in a legitimate crypto exchange.  He buttered her up and eventually talked her into transferring that cryptocurrency to his “investment platform.”  You can guess the rest.  Her online beau quickly disappeared along with her $70,000